Basket



(No Model.) I'

` J. J. KEYES.

BASKET.

No. 543,023. Patented July 23, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT QEEICE.

JAMES J. KEYES, OF PERU, INDIANA.

BASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,023, dated July 23,1895.

Application tiled November 19, 1894. Serial No. 529,299. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES J. KEYES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Peru, in the county of Miami and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Baskets; and I do herebyde- Clare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ot'this specification, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention has for its object to provide a basket that willpossess durability and strength particularly at the corners thereof andwill be materially improved in its general construction and its valueenhanced.

rlhe invention consists in a basket constructed substantially as shownin the drawings, and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure l of the drawings represents a perspective view of a basketconstructed in accordance with my invention,the basket being shown aslyingupon its side and looking toward the bottom thereof. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of one of the guards on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3, asimilar view of the frame of the basket previous to the splints beingwoven thereon.

ln the accompanying drawings, A represents the bottom of the basketwhich is formed in two sections and held together by the longitudinalcentral support B. These sections, which are represented at a h, do notcome together at their inner ends, but a sufficient space is left toreceive the bottom c of the side bracesC, which extend above andtransversely with the longitudinal support B.

The corner guards or protectors D E have their horizontal portions Fextending under the bottomAof the basket and longitudinally therewithand at their juncture with the guards have shoulders d. In preparingthese guards or protectors a piece of lumber is taken of the requiredwidth, thickness, and length to pass under the basket and extend upwardat each end to the height thereof, and the ends of the strip of lumberare divided or sawed into three parts, and the onelof the parts cut oftto leave the shoulder d, aspshown more clearly in Fig. 2 of thedrawings.

The bottom portion of the strip of lumber is left solid, so as to form asubstantial support F for the bottom of the basket and the guards 0rprotectors D E, or that portion of the strip which is to form the same,is steamed and bent into shape over a suitable former in the usualmanner.

The side braces C extend up to the top of the basket and serve to giveadditional strength to the sides thereof.

The splints G H are woven together in the usual manner to form theinterior bottom of the basket, the splints H being thinner andnarrowerthan the splints G and extend up only a certain distance to forma portion of the sides of the basket, as shown in Fig. l of thedrawings. The splints G extend up to the top of the basket and splints Iare woven thereon, which are substantially of the same width as thesplints G.

The above manner of weaving the splints, so as to carry thefilling-splints II, inside the guards or protectors D E, a certaindistance up the sides of the basket, adds materially to the strength anddurability and especially at the corners of the basket, as it leavesexposed the guards or protectors to better serve their purpose.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a basket, the bottom formed of two sections separated at theirinner ends by the cross brace, combined with the central support, thecross brace, and the corner guards or protectors which have theircentral portions to extend along opposite edges of the bottom sections,substantially as shown.

2. In a basket, the corner guards or protectors, having their ends splitand'reduced in thickness by cutting away one of the split portions; thecentral portions being made to '-extend under the bottom of the basket,while Ytheir ends are ben-t so as to extend upwardly and have thesplints woven around them, substantially as described. A

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES J. KEYES.

Witnesses:

JAMES M. BRO WN, L. D. ATKINSON.

